Folding shoe-fitting stool.



A. W. .FAIRHURST.

FOLDING SHOE FITTING STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-18,196.

' Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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FOLDING SHOE-FITTING STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 18, 1916. Serial No. 120,623.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED WILLIAM Famrruns'r, a citizen of the United States,

and resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, and State of IVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Shoe-Fitting Stools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe fitting stools and consists of certain improvements whereby such a stool is made so that it may be conveniently folded and put out of the way and also can be conveniently opened up for use.

The object of my invention is to produce a stool for this purpose which may be gotten out of the way when not in use, thereby doing away with the objectionable size of such stools when not in use.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention embodied in the form of construction which is now most preferred by me.

Figure l is a side elevation of the stool opened out for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the stool in opened position.

Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the stool in opened position.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the stool in closed position.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the stool in closed position.

Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I employ a folding stool and secure thereto a shoeholding rest in such manner that said rest and its support will fold with the stool. The seat 1 is provided along its two 'side edges, or adjacent to said edges, with two downwardly extending metal flanges or plates 6. The folding, supporting legs 2 and 3 are secured to these plates 6 and have their pivot connections with such plates adjustable in such manner as to permit of the proper folding action.

Each of these plates has a slot which extends substantially from front to rear ends thereof and which, toward the rear end, is given a slight downward inclination whereby the rear end of this slot is farther removed from the seat than the forward end. The rear ends of these plates are provided with a downwardly extending arm 61, which has a slot 62 extending in a general vertical direction.

The two sets of legs 2 and 3 are each preferably composed of. a single bar of metal, preferably of any section which combines lightness and strength, said bar being bent upon itself to form a general U-shape of which the central connecting portion extends along and rests upon the floor. These logs are pivoted at 23 to each other. The set of legs 2 is provided with a pivot pin or bolt 26 which passes through the slots 62 at the rear end of the plates 6. The upper ends of the legs 3 are provided with a similar pivot "pin or bar 36, which passes through the slots 60 in the plates 6.

The shoe holding plate 4 may be made of any outline desired. Its inner end is pivotally mounted upon the bar 36, which bar preferably extends across the seat from side to side and lies near the outer end of the seat when the stool is open. This shoe rest is pivotally connected with a supporting bar 5, which supporting bar at its lower end is connected by pivot 25 with the lower end of the legs 2.

I have shown a spring 54 as mounted upon the bar 45, which serves as a pivot connection between the shoe rest and the supporting bar 5 and which is so connected that its tendency is to throw the parts of the stool into opened position. This acts to start the opening movement of the parts.

The forward end of the seat 1 is provided with two hooks or fingers 14, which project downward and backward in such position as to engage with the under side of the pivot rod 36, at each side of the foot rest 4. These serve to more securely support this end of the foot rest and prevent the possibility of forcing down the relatively weak pivot bar. At the rear end of the seat a handle 7 is provided, by means of which the stool may be moved from place to place and by means of which also, it may be opened and closed.

With the stool closed and the parts in position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the pivot bar 26 for the rear end of the seat occupies the downward or outer extremity of the slot 62 and the pivot bar 36, which in the position for use, is at the forward end of the slot 60, in the folded position is at the rear end of the slot. It has been found necessary, or desirable, to provide for the outward movement of the upper end of the legs 2, as by the slot 62, in order to provide suitable storage space for the other parts when folded. In thisposition of the parts the forward end Patented Apr. 24., 1917.

of the seat, which will hang downward when the stool is carried by the handle, is thrown outward or so as to separate it somewhat from the depending legs. The action of the spring 54 tends to assist in this opening movement. This spring should have a somewhat strong action at the beginning of this movement, but need not have much force when the stool is opened.

The above movement of the parts slides the pivot bar 36 downward or forward into slot 60, until the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 1. The pivot rod 26, which connects the legs 2 with the seat frame, is forced to the upper end of the slot 62, and the stool is then locked in secure position while being used.

-When it is desired to fold the stool to put it out of the way, lifting the handle 7 will cause the pivot rod 26 to drop to the lower end of the slot 62, the weight of the legs 3 of the shoe-rest 4 and its support 5, tend to cause the same to drop and the pivot rod 36 to slide downward in the slot 60 until the parts assume the open position shown in Fig. 1.

This stool is of a convenient shape'when opened for the purpose intended. Being foldable it may be gotten out of the way when not in use. It may be leaned up against the wall or hung up and when this is done will occupy but slight space and be out of the way.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. The combination with a folding stool of a foot rest pivoted to an upper part of the stool and a supporting bar pivoted to the outer end of said foot rest and to a lower part of the stool.

2. A shoe fitting stool comprising a seat, crossed legs pivoted to each other, one pair of legs being secured to one side of the seat and the other having a sliding connection with the seat, a foot support connected with the latter pair of legs, and a bar connected with the outer end of said foot support and with the lower end of the first mentioned pair of legs.

the other slots, a foot support secured to the 7 upper end of one pair of legs and a supporting bar pivoted to said foot support and to the lower end of the other pair of legs.

4. A shoe fitting stool comprising a seat, two pairs of legs pivoted centrally to each other, one pair of legs having a vertically movable pivotal engagement with the rear end of the seat, the other pair of legs having a sliding engagement from front to rear with the seat, a foot support having pivotal en'- gagement with the upper end of the latter pair of'legs, and a supporting bar having a pivot connection with the outer end of the foot support and with the lower ends of the other pair of legs.

5. A shoe fitting stool comprising a seat, two pairs of legs pivoted centrally to each other, one pair of legs having pivotal connection with the rear end of the seat, the other pair of legs having pivotal engagement with the seat slidable from front to rear, a foot rest pivotally connected with the up per ends of the latter pair of legs, and a supporting bar pivoted to said foot rest and to the other pair of legs, the seat having fingers which engage and support the inner end of the foot rest when the stool is opened for use.

6. The combination with a'folding stool, a shoe fitting rest pivoted to the folding parts of the stool, a supporting bar for said rest also pivoted to the folding parts of the stool, and supporting fingers carried by the seat and supportingly engaging the inner end of the rest when the stool is opened.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 11th day of September, 1916.

ALFRED WILLIAM FAIRHURST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent:- Washington, D. 0. 

